A nano-structure external to the architecture of the eight organic cells is introduced to enhance sun photon harvesting

Organic Nanostructured Photovoltaics

Prof. Dr. Jordi Martorell

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Nano- or micro-structuring materials is an essential ingredient to manipulate the light – matter interaction. We imprint such structuring on different kind of materials to enhance the performance of organic photovoltaic materials. Some of the several kinds of configurations we study are: 1-dimensional photonic crystals to increase the efficiency of organic solar cells, nano thick stacking of several material layers to obtain efficient transparent solar cells, or organic molecules adjacent to metal nano-structures to control the energy transfer mechanism.